Assigning a Management IP Address through the Serial Console

Aug 12, 2014

If you do not want
to change the settings of your computer, you can perform initial configuration
by connecting the appliance to your computer with a serial null modem cable.
Make sure that you have physical access to the appliance.

To configure the appliance
through the serial console

Connect a serial null modem
cable to the appliance’s console port.

Connect the other end of
the cable to the serial COM port of a computer running a terminal emulator,
such as Microsoft HyperTerminal, with settings 9600,N,8,1, p.

On the HyperTerminal
output, press
Enter. The
terminal screen displays the Logon prompt.

Note: You might
have to press
Enter
two or three times, depending on the terminal program you are using.

At the logon prompt, log
on to the appliance with the following default credentials:

Username: nsroot

Password: nsroot.

At the
$ prompt,
run the following command to switch to the shell prompt of the appliance:

$ ssh 169.254.0.10

Enter
Yes to
continue connecting to the management service.

Log on to the shell prompt
of the appliance with the following default credentials:

Password: nsroot.

At the logon prompt, run
the following command to open the Management Service Initial Network Address
Configuration menu:

# networkconfig

Type
1 and press
Enter to
select option 1, and specify a new management IP address for the management
service.

Type
2 and press
Enter to
select option 2, and specify a new management IP address for the XenServer
server.

Type
3 and press
Enter to
select option 3, and then specify the network mask for the management service
IP address.

Type
4 and press
Enter to
select option 4, and then specify the default gateway for the management
service IP address.

Type
8 and press
Enter to
save the settings and exit.

Access the CloudBridge
appliance by entering the new management service IP address of the appliance,
such as
https://<Management_Service_IP_Address>, in a web
browser of a computer on the management network.

To continue the
configuration, accept the certificate and continue. The option to continue
varies according to the web browser you are using.